What is the percentage of the population that has gay friends, family, coworkers, or neighbors? Perhaps Hollywood feels that a universe which doesn’t have at least one gay character (i.e. 0%) is neither inclusive nor realistic. It makes me terribly sad that for some people, one guest stint on one episode that may remotely represent their life experiences is still considered news. Can you imagine?

FACTS
1. Most shows don’t have any major gay characters who appear on a regular basis.
2, The percentage of gay characters on TV is WAY below 30-40%,
3. Most shows of ANY nature fail. Well over half of all new broadcast network series don’t make it to a second season, no matter what they’re about.
4. You’re a homophobe.

J. Norman, you are right. Gays are less than 5% of the population, yet you’d think they were 80% with every show having a gay person or couple lately. The Disney channel now has a show with a lesbian couple!

Until I can read an article like this and not come across homophobic comments, there will never be enough LGBTQ representation on television. Thank goodness for Mulvaney, Michaels, Marshall, Bracco, and especially Disney.